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Jolly Roger
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Transmute wrote: Although making isotopically pure B10 and H1 might add alot more cost.

Transmute:

You mean “B11”, and yes, separating the desirable B11 from the undesirable B10 seems to be a problem, as a significant fraction of Boron (~20%) is B10. However, as they are chemically separable and the (fission) nuclear industry uses B10 and dumps the B11 onto the electronics industry, B11 should be readily available in the near future.

Deuterium is only 0.015% of Hydrogen, so it should not be a significant problem, but if it is, pure Protium should be available from the Canadian nuclear industry, which uses a lot of Deuterium and dumps the Protium.

Even after the fission nuclear industry is phased out and replaced with Focus Fusion, the separation technology and infrastructure will remain.